Love Bugs

beenthere · Sep 19, 2004

I love snow. Don't have those 'love bugs'. Yuuukk! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

anthonyk · Sep 20, 2004

We've got 'em so bad here in Houston, that it's hard to open the door to leave the house. The outside of the house is covered in them, and they seem to LOVE goatweed.

Also driving sometimes sounds like you're in a hail storm.

anthony

Tdog · Sep 20, 2004

OK, they are all over the south & southeast. Doesn't make me feel any better knowing other people have to put up with them too. At least they don't bite/sting. So, I guess they are not as bad as gnats or skeeters.

JazzDad · Sep 21, 2004

They are disgusting! This was the worst year I've ever seen them. They seem to be attacted to light colors, more than the darker ones. The Mrs & I were trying to imagine them even worse. We came up with: they sting AND bite, they smell bad, and they carry AIDS. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Gatorboy · Sep 21, 2004

According to this article titled Splat!:

Love bugs are attracted to heat and exhaust fumes (gas and diesel fumes exposed to sunlight) at temperatures above 83 degrees F (usually between 10:00 a.m. and 4 p.m.). Hot engines and the vibrations of vehicles apparently contribute to the attraction of love bugs to highways.

Aren't they cute?

chucko · Sep 21, 2004

I can tell you for sure the best way to kill them is to setout a 5 gl bucket with about an inch or 2 of gas in the bottom (at todays prices thats about $4 worth). You will have a bucket of them in no time. I found this out cleaning parts on day

bgott · Sep 21, 2004

The biggest problem I have with those little boogers is that they have the same profile as a hornet when they fly into the far side of your peripheral vision.

daedong · Sep 21, 2004

Dave,

Have you learnt something new /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BIGUN · Sep 23, 2004

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( What is a 'love bug' ? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

We used to call them "Telephone Bugs" cause they say "Hello" and then hang up. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That's one thing I don't miss from Texas. Haven't seen a one up here yet. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif